Any fan of mid-century cool will crave this impressive book on theworks of East German engineer Ulrich Muther, a pioneer in concreteshell construction from the early 1960s. A beautifully photographedsmall-format book, this winner of the 2009 Architecture Book Prize fromthe Deutsches Architektur Museum brings together (for the first time)these fresh and technically impressive buildings. From the Space Agebeach house on the cover to a myriad of modernism all aroundGermany, Muther's remarkable vision opens a whole new world totoday's architecture buff. Includes plans, project information,survey maps and addresses to facilitate on-site visits (the book is justthe right size for a glove compartment). With articles by MichaelWagner and Rahel Lammler, Prof. Arch. Georg Giebeler, Prof. Dr.Massimo Laffranchi.